The Journal of Open Source Software (JOSS) recently published a review of its first-year of operations; from initial conception through to the current editorial process and future plans. As of May 2017, the journal has published 111 software articles, with an additional 41 under consideration.

Andreas Mueller, lecturer at the Data Science Institute at Columbia University shares his thoughts on the current and future state of Jupyter. He will also be speaking at JupyterCon, August 22-25, 2017, in New York City.

The University of Washington recently launched a new Data Intensive Research in Astrophysics & Cosmology (DIRAC) Institute. The DIRAC Institute is a world leading, interdisciplinary research centre that addresses fundamental questions about the origins and evolution of our universe.

To accelerate the pace of open machine-learning research, Google is developing the TensorFlow Research Cloud, a cluster of 1,000 Cloud TPUs that will be made available free of charge to support a broad range of computationally-intensive research projects.

Following a two-stage tender process, based on recommendations from Astronomy Australia Ltd's (AAL) CIPWG & AeRAC committees, AAL has signed contracts with Swinburne University of Technology and Curtin University/Pawsey Supercomputing Centre to collaboratively provide provide astronomy-focused training, support and expertise to maximise the scientific return from data and computing infrastructure.

Recently, A/Prof Tara Murphy, from the University of Sydney's astro group, gave a talk on "Making the leap: from academic to start-up founder". In 2013, along with a colleague and two PhD students, she started Grok Learning, an online platform that provides computing education for school students, teachers and universities. Check it out!

iObserve is the astronomical app you were waiting for. It is a Mac app (10.9+) that allow you to push the preparation of your observations to a much higher level. It is a 6-years old app, and after more than 4 years as a paid app in the MacAppStore, it is now free.

Recently, astrophysicist Matt Turk (@powersoffour) posted plans for astronomical software in 2017 in his new role as Chair of the Working Group for Astronomical Software in the American Astronomical Society.

GE Digital announced that it had entered into a definitive agreement to acquire machine learning technology company Wise.io. The acquisition will enable GE Digital to further accelerate development of advanced machine learning and data science offerings on the Predix platform. Berkeley-based Wise.io was founded in 2013 by UC Berkeley astronomer Prof. Joshua Bloom, to bring high-performance machine learning to the business world.

An intensive seven-week professional training fellowship for scientists and engineers with machine learning experience to learn cutting-edge techniques in deep learning and join top AI teams in Silicon Valley and New York City.

The Journal of Open Source Software (JOSS) is an open source developer-friendly journal for research software packages. It's designed to make it as easy as possible to create a software paper for your work.

Siemens’ MindSphere is a cloud-based, open operating system for the Internet of Things (IoT). This white paper outlines how MindSphere makes data actionable and transforms it into measurable business success.

Companies new to the space can learn a great deal from early adopters who have invested billions into AI and are now beginning to reap a range of benefits. In this independent discussion paper, we examine investment in artificial intelligence (AI), describe how it is being deployed by companies that have started to use these technologies across sectors, and aim to explore its potential to become a major business disrupter.

Insight Artificial Intelligence Fellows Program is a professional training fellowship that bridges the gap between academic research or professional software engineering and a career in artificial intelligence.

The World Disasters Report 2013 examines the profound impact of technological innovations on humanitarian action, how humanitarians employ technology in new and creative ways, and what risks and opportunities may emerge as a result of technological innovations.